Why this does not work?

Question

Hi all,
I got a very basic question. Why does not the constructor not_a_public() get called in the code below?
class not_public
     public static void main(String[] args)
          System.out.println("Hello World!");
          not_a_public nap = new not_a_public();
class not_a_public
void not_a_public() {
          System.out.println("Not a public!!!");
Regards
Aditya

Answer 1

Because that's not a constructor. Constructors can't have a return type. Remove the void and it will work. You also need to make one of the classes public.
package sandbox;
public class not_public {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Hello World!");
        not_a_public nap = new not_a_public();
class not_a_public {
    not_a_public() {
        System.out.println("Not a public!!!");
}